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Ulrike W.

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Interim HR Business Partner

Eschborn
Ulrike W.

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Interim HR Business Partner at Industrial Company

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Parthiban M.

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Quality Assurance Engineer

Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
Parthiban M.

Last position:

Quality Assurance Engineer at Hanon Systems GmbH

  • Define the QA strategy and plan for the above mentioned OEMs project.

  • Identify applicable processes, methods, and standards to be followed (eg, GS_95014, KGAS, ISO/IEC 15504, ISO 26262, ISO 21434, etc.).

  • Plan reviews, audits, and assessments as per the strategy.

  • Check whether the project follows defined processes (System, software, mechanical, hardware, testing, change, configuration, problem, risk etc.) as per strategy.

  • Provide QA support to software process: software requirement analysis, software architectural design, software detailed design and unit construction, software unit verification, software component verification and integration verification, software verification processes.

  • Monitor compliance with organization-wide and project-specific standards.

  • Verify that deviations are documented and escalated.

  • Review work products (requirements, design docs, test cases, code, reports (MISRA, C0, C1, coding standards), etc.).

  • Check compliance with standards, templates, and checklists.

  • Ensure that bi-directional traceability exists (e.g., requirements ↔ design ↔ tests).

  • Give objective evidence (not influenced by delivery pressure) during assessments.

  • Identify non-conformances (process not followed, missing approvals, wrong standard).

  • Report deviations and track them until closure.

  • Verify that corrective actions are implemented (5why, Ishikawa, 8D, FMEA, FTA, DFM, DRP, PCC, LLBP, PDCA).

  • Provide QA status reports to management and project stakeholders.

  • Highlight risks related to process non-compliance.

  • Deliver objective evidence for assessments/audits (e.g., ASPICE, ISO/IEC 15504, ISO 26262, ISO 21434, ISO_PAS_8800).

  • Collect and analyze QA findings.

  • Suggest process improvements.

  • Support lessons learned activities.

  • Achieved ASPICE Level 1 and Level 2 for multiple Audi and Mercedes-Benz projects assessments.

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Minh D.

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Project Manager / Business Analyst / Application Manager

Bad Vilbel
Minh D.

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Project Manager / Business Analyst / Application Manager at Finance and Insurance

  • Introducing 5 different process applications for various teams

  • Release planning: scope and time management

  • Resource/capacity planning

  • Conducting sprint planning / retrospectives

  • Increment planning (multiple sprints)

  • Preparing steering committee meetings / reporting to the executive board

  • Coordinating / aligning with external suppliers / deliveries

  • Multi-project resource planning

  • Aligning with the business unit and development team

  • Identifying best practices with IBM BAW

  • Cost control and planning for the project team and external service providers

  • Collecting KPIs using LogScale

  • Analyzing application errors with LogScale / queries

  • Defining user stories / aligning requirements with the business unit and development team

  • Testing and defect tracking

  • UI/UX design of the application

  • Preparing and facilitating brown-paper workshop

  • Test concept, test data, test organization, test execution

  • Recording team velocity / metrics

  • Executing tests

  • Scripts for automated testing

  • Organizing tests with the business unit and IT

  • Recording and prioritizing defects

  • Setting up and operating the application

  • Setting up application monitoring with LogScale dashboards

  • Checking health endpoints with PowerShell

  • Post mortem analysis

  • Setting up incident management

  • Setting up problem management

  • Analyzing errors using LogScale queries and dashboard

  • Pre-processing data for AI

  • Conducting evaluation with AI language models (Meta Llama 3.3 LLM and deepset Haystack) and RAG

  • Installing runtime environments for LLMs (large language model)

  • Evaluating various LLMs

  • Installing RAG (retrieval augmented generation) and integrating with LLM

  • Extracting unstructured data with LLM and RAG

  • Project based on IBM BAW (Business Automation Workflow), WebSphere Liberty, Domea, d.3, REST, LogScale (formerly Humio), Swagger, PowerShell, JIRA, Confluence, Lucom Interaction Platform (LIP), Mattermost, Jabber

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Ulm P.

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Freelance IT Specialist

Steinbach (Taunus)
Ulm P.

Last position:

DataStage ETL Expert at ING Bank

  • Datastage 11.7, dbt, Oracle 19, Python 3.12 / PySpark 3.5, Azure GitHub, Azure DevOps, Automic
  • Development of migration jobs to transfer data from the collection DWH to the new Risk Mart, as well as development of ETL pipelines to migrate historical data from the old Mart to the new Risk Mart.
  • Storage of the silver layer on Hadoop and the gold layer in Oracle.
  • Translation of DataStage jobs into dbt to publish reporting data in Google Cloud to a PostgreSQL database.
  • Creation and optimization of complex SQL queries for data extraction from a data vault, taking into account historical data in the point-in-time tables.
  • Creation of Oracle table definitions (DDL) and adjustment of existing stored procedures.
  • Versioning changes in GitHub and deployment via the CI/CD portal.
  • Refactoring long-running DataStage jobs into Python using PySpark to reduce server load.
  • Migration of SAS scripts to PL/SQL, including new development of distribution functions that have no direct equivalent in Oracle.
  • Development of Automic jobs to run DataStage pipelines and Python scripts (PySpark jobs) that control the population of the SME and institutional risk tables in the Risk Mart and perform business calculations.
  • Participation in the agile process, including creating user stories, estimations, and planning in Azure DevOps.
  • Handling Azure DevOps tickets and close collaboration with testers and business teams for error analysis and resolution.
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Werner K.

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Test Coordinator, Designer and Engineer

Bad Homburg
Werner K.

Last position:

Test Coordinator, Designer and Engineer at IBM

  • Testing the SekIDP and related components
  • Test design, execution and automation, microservices, GitHub Enterprise, Eclipse, Katalon Test Platform, API Testing, Confluence 8, JIRA/Xray, Draw.io, Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman, Docker, Kubernetes, Podman, PuTTY, E-Health, Telematik, Gematik standards, EPA, E-Rezept, sektoraler IDP, encryption, XaDES, PaDES, DICOM, HL7, FHIR, IHE, ICD, SSO, SAML/Shibboleth, OAuth, smartcards, JWT, two factor authentication Android and iOS, Wireshark, BrowserStack, Cypress, gRPC, REST, SOAP, WS-Security, Linux Shell, PowerShell, SSH/SSL, Java, Kotlin, Cordova, Gradle, Groovy, Python, TypeScript
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Jochen H.

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Managing Director

Eschborn
Jochen H.

Last position:

DevSecOps Expert at DB InfraGO

  • Central build and delivery for 20+ applications, 100+ pipelines/day, 700+ GitLab projects
  • Build pipelines for Go, Java and JavaScript
  • Provisioning of 100+ components
  • Quality assurance via GitLab Code Quality and SonarQube
  • Checks for dependencies, licensing and vulnerabilities
  • Release creation via Jira and ServiceNow
  • SBOM, Supply Chain Security, distroless images
  • PoC GitLab Runner: Nomad vs. Kubernetes
  • Technologies: Artifactory, buildah, GitLab Premium, Go, Gradle, Jenkins, Mend, Podman
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Puya D.

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Quality Assurance Consultant

Frankfurt
Puya D.

Last position:

Quality Assurance Consultant at Federal Employment Agency

  • Consulting and implementation of functional test requirements
  • Responsibility for and validation of test automation solutions in an agile team
  • Support for QA topics during weekly release tests
  • Creating test cases using Gherkin
  • Developing automated tests with Cucumber and Playwright
  • Specifying and maintaining automated and manual tests

Technologies used:

  • Confluence
  • Jira
  • Cucumber
  • Playwright
  • Typescript
  • Java
  • Git
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Timur Y.

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Lead Frontend Developer | Fullstack Developer

Eschborn
Timur Y.

Last position:

Lead Frontend Developer | Fullstack Developer at Finanz Informatik

  • Further development of an application for managing personnel changes.
  • Development of frontend and backend.
  • Implementation of the frontend with React and Material UI.
  • Implementation of the backend with Java and Spring Boot.
  • Use of React, Java, Spring, TypeScript, next.js, Material UI, Github Enterprise, Figma, Docker, Playwright, swagger, swagger UI, OpenAPI, npm, yarn, git.

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Statistics of experts using CVS

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

25 years (Germany: 26 years)

CVS experts in Frankfurt have 25 years of professional experience on average. It is 1 year less than in Germany, where the average stands at 26 years.

Position duration

1.9 years (Germany: 2.1 years)

CVS experts in Frankfurt stay in a single position for 1.9 years on average. It is 0.2 years less than in Germany, where the average stands at 2.1 years.

Positions per freelancer

22 (Germany: 20)

CVS experts in Frankfurt have completed 22 positions on average over the course of their careers. It is 2 more than in Germany, where the average stands at 20.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

CVS experts in Frankfurt have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management.

Top industries

Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Automotive

CVS experts in Frankfurt are most in demand in Banking and Finance, Information Technology, and Automotive.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Human Resources, Product Development

CVS experts in Frankfurt earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Human Resources, and Product Development.

Bachelor's degree or higher

86% (Germany: 90%)

86% of CVS experts in Frankfurt hold at least a Bachelor's degree. It is 4% lower than in Germany, where the rate stands at 90%.

Master's degree or higher

43% (Germany: 57%)

43% of CVS experts in Frankfurt hold at least a Master's degree. It is 14% lower than in Germany, where the rate stands at 57%.

Certifications per freelancer

4 (Germany: 2)

CVS experts in Frankfurt hold 4 professional certifications on average. It is 2 more than in Germany, where the average stands at 2.

Most common languages

German, English, French

CVS experts in Frankfurt most often speak German, English, and French.

Speak two or more languages

100% (Germany: 98%)

100% of CVS experts in Frankfurt speak two or more languages. It is 2% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 98%.

Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.

Daily rate distribution

0 1 2 3 4
2 of the CVS experts in Frankfurt charge less than €720 per day.
One of the CVS experts in Frankfurt charges between €720 and €800 per day.
3 of the CVS experts in Frankfurt charge between €800 and €880 per day.
One of the CVS experts in Frankfurt charges between €880 and €960 per day.
2 of the CVS experts in Frankfurt charge between €960 and €1040 per day.
One of the CVS experts in Frankfurt charges €1040 or more per day.
<€720 €720-​800 €800-​880 €880-​960 €960-​1040 €1040+

The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Frankfurt are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.

Average rates of experts in Frankfurt using CVS

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

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Daily rate avg. 845 €
Germany avg. 776 €

The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.

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Median rate 800 €
Germany median 760 €

The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.

Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

CVS experts industry focus

See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.

  • Banking and Finance (90%)
  • Information Technology (90%)
  • Automotive (70%)
  • Transportation (70%)
  • Insurance (60%)
  • Manufacturing (60%)
  • Telecommunication (60%)
  • Government and Administration (50%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the technology

Version control

Concurrent Versions System, usually called CVS, is a centralized version control system for tracking source code and project files. Teams use a shared repository to record changes, compare revisions and restore earlier versions. It remains relevant where established workflows and long-lived codebases depend on CVS.

Repository workflows

CVS uses a client-server model with a central repository and working copies on local machines. Experts configure modules, access permissions, tags and release branches, then support checkout, update, commit and merge routines. Careful file handling is important because CVS treats some files differently from others.

Ecosystem and tooling

CVS integrates with command-line tools, graphical clients, build scripts and continuous integration environments. Specialists may also work with CVSNT, compatibility layers, repository conversion utilities and Git migration tools. They connect version control with issue tracking, release automation and backup processes.

Typical project needs

  • Maintain repositories for legacy applications and embedded software
  • Reorganize modules, branches and release tags
  • Resolve conflicts and recover damaged or inconsistent working copies
  • Migrate selected projects from CVS to Git or another system
  • Document access, backup and release procedures

When to bring in expertise

Companies often seek freelance CVS expertise during repository migrations, audit preparation, release stabilization or the handover of an established system. A specialist can assess repository structure, reduce migration risks and preserve history where practical. Frankfurt teams may also need support that combines remote work with occasional on-site collaboration and clear communication in international environments.

Strong professional skills

A strong CVS professional understands version control fundamentals rather than relying only on familiar commands. They distinguish repository problems from build or permissions issues, create repeatable release procedures and explain trade-offs between preserving the existing workflow and moving to Git. Practical experience with scripting, Unix or Windows environments, build systems and team coordination is a valuable complement.

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Frequently asked questions

Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about CVS.

CVS is used to store source code and track changes in a shared, centralized repository. Companies use it to coordinate edits, maintain release branches, compare revisions and support older applications that still depend on established CVS workflows.

Concurrent Versions System uses a centralized repository, while Git gives each contributor a complete local repository and supports distributed workflows. Git is usually more flexible for modern branching and offline work, but CVS can remain the practical choice when existing tools, scripts and release processes depend on it.

A capable CVS specialist often brings shell scripting, repository administration, build automation and experience with Unix or Windows environments. Knowledge of Git migration, CVSNT, access control, backup routines and issue-tracking integration is also useful.

The right level depends on the task, not simply on the repository’s age. CVS maintenance may need focused knowledge of branching and permissions, while a repository migration calls for broader planning, history conversion, validation and release-management skills.

CVS supports remote access through its client-server model, so distributed teams can maintain a shared repository. Remote work is effective when access, network security, review routines and release ownership are clearly documented; Frankfurt teams can combine this with on-site sessions when the project requires it.

A company may consider moving from Concurrent Versions System when it needs distributed work, modern review workflows, stronger branching support or better integration with current tooling. Migration is not automatic: teams should assess repository size, history requirements, build dependencies and the cost of changing established processes.

Ask the specialist to explain repository structure, branching decisions, conflict handling and recovery steps in concrete terms. High-quality CVS work leaves clear documentation, repeatable release procedures, validated backups and a working test process rather than relying on undocumented commands.

CVSNT is a compatible extension and alternative implementation associated with CVS workflows, particularly in environments needing additional platform or server features. A specialist should confirm which commands, repository formats, authentication methods and client versions the project uses before changing the setup.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used CVS in their recent projects is 106 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 845 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used CVS in their recent projects, 86% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 43% hold at least a Master's degree.

On average, freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used CVS in their recent projects have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.9 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used CVS in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (30%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used CVS in their recent projects are Banking and Finance (90%), Information Technology (90%), and Automotive (70%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used CVS in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (90%), and Project Management (80%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used CVS

Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

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